Microbial quality of domestic and imported brands of bottled water in Trinidad

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-62

  Bharath, J ^a   Mosodeen, M ^a   Motilal, S ^a   Sandy, S ^a   Sharma, S ^a   Tessaro, T ^a   Thomas, K ^a   Umamaheswaran, M ^a   Simeon, D ^a   Adesiyun, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Bottled water; Microbial quality; Trinidad and Tobago

Indexed keywords

AGAR; DRINKING WATER; EOSIN; METHYLENE BLUE; MINERAL WATER;

ACCURACY; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUID INTAKE; GEOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; PLATE COUNT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0037464991     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(02)00193-9     Document Type: Article

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